Where does “hoʻohaku” come from?

hoʻohaku (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian haku, from Proto-Central Polynesian fatu, from Proto-Oceanic patu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batux — rock; stone.

hoʻohaku (Hawaiian): to act like a lord

Definitions

  1. to act like a lord

Ancestry of “hoʻohaku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianhakulord, master, overseer, employer, owner,...
2Proto-Central Polynesianfatu—
3Proto-Oceanicpatustone, rock
4Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*batu—
5Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*batu—
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbatustone
7Proto-Austronesian*batuxrock; stone
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *batux →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian batu →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *batu →